cheated

[Glorious Begum]

I thought it was a butterfly .... .... :-( quite small size like a 10 cents coin.

Can anyone id it please.

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/98252839.jpg

[Commander]

:bsmile: Another one for the collection... :cheers:

[Silverstreak]

LC ,

Welcome to the Blur Blur Club!!:bsmile:

It is call the "The Barbarian" or Callidula sumatrensis The Callies (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8983/moths/callidul.html) or Tetragonus catamitus.

Others and me chased them before not just you !:bsmile:


see here:

http://b-pals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5615&highlight=barbarian

http://b-pals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3747&highlight=barbarian

[Painted Jezebel]

Welcome to the Cally Club, we've all done it!:bsmile:

[Glorious Begum]

Aiyo..luckily I just blur for 10 mins chasing them. Someone here had blur for months... :bsmile: Sorry... ! :bsmile: :bsmile:

[hkmoths]

This is a good record of Tetragonus lycaenoides, not T. catamitus, nor Callidula sumatrensis (all Callidulidae).

In Holloway's Moths of Borneo, he states "no recently collected material has been seen. Older material is from lowland localities."

See http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/callidulidae/callidulidae_1_2.php for the full entry.

Caveman, please don't feel cheated - this is a far better record than most butterfly records from Singapore!

cheers,

Roger.

[Silverstreak]

Roger ,

Thanks for positively identified it to be Tetragonus lycaenoides and the link!

Now we have 3 of these looks-alike recorded......4 more from the Callidulidae family to go .:)

[Glorious Begum]

:bsmile: thanks for the ID. :cheers:


This is a good record of Tetragonus lycaenoides, not T. catamitus, nor Callidula sumatrensis (all Callidulidae).

In Holloway's Moths of Borneo, he states "no recently collected material has been seen. Older material is from lowland localities."

See http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/callidulidae/callidulidae_1_2.php for the full entry.

Caveman, please don't feel cheated - this is a far better record than most butterfly records from Singapore!

cheers,

Roger.